St. Wolfgang
Late Gothic shepherds' church built into the town wall, with gun casemates beneath its altars.
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This guide to St. Wolfgang, the shepherds' church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, starts with a painted devil on the high altar and the tenth-century bishop of Regensburg he is up against. It follows the shepherds' brotherhood that built the church into the town wall in the late fourteen hundreds, their yearly feast and dance, and the painter Wilhelm Ziegler. Stand facing the high altar, with the small door on your left.
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